Narrated by Eusebio Lopez, a Tagalog from the province of Cavite.  
One hot April morning a carabao (water-buffalo) was resting under the shade of a quinine-tree which grew near the mouth of a large river, when a humming-bird alighted on one of the small branches above him.
 
“How do you do, Friend Carabao?” said the humming-bird.
 
“I’m very well, little Hum. Do you also feel the heat of this April morning?” replied the carabao.
 
“Indeed, I do, Friend Carabao! and I am so thirsty, that I have come down to drink.”
 
“I wonder how much you can drink!” said the carabao jestingly. “You are so small, that a drop ought to be more than enough to satisfy you.”
 
“Yes, Friend Carabao?” answered little Hum as if surprised. “I bet you that I can drink more than you can!”
 
“What, you drink more than I can, you little Hum!”
 
“Yes, let us try! You drink first, and we shall see.”
 
So old carabao, ignorant of the trick that was being played on him, walked to the bank of t............